| The pizza in New York has a long standing debate | | | | the pizzeria that Frank Sinatra would have sent to him |
| going for who is the best. There is one thing for sure, | | | | whereever he was performing all over the country. |
| the pizza that comes out of the streets of New York | | | | Certainly to Las Vegas. The former Mayor of New |
| and other neighborhoods near by is were pizza got its | | | | York, Guiliani would also get his pizza from Grimaldi's. |
| big start. Pizza lovers are sure to find a few places | | | | There fresh ingredients and cooking style makes it a |
| that will have some of the best pizza in the world. So | | | | top of many peoples list. |
| what is the difference between the different pizza | | | | Totonno's also started creating great pizza in 1905. |
| places? | | | | Anthony Totonno Pero says he is the first Master |
| Lombardi's Pizza was the first pizzeria in America | | | | Pizziolas. He opened his first pizzeria in 1924 on Coney |
| when it was established in 1905. It took a few years | | | | Island. Totonno's is the oldest continuously operating |
| for pizza to really gain popularity. It wasn't until after | | | | pizzeria in America. The business has passed down |
| WWII that pizza become a house hold must have. | | | | through generations of the same family. They import |
| Because Lombardi's was the first pizzeria many would | | | | handmade mozzarella cheese from Italy and the |
| say that Gennaro is the father of pizza in America. It | | | | dough is made each day at each store. The first |
| all started as a grocery store trying to sell something | | | | pizzeria was more casual and has it has the family |
| that was a quick lunch for all the busy people walking | | | | has opened stores in the city they have become more |
| by. The first pies were just tomato pies. Many of the | | | | upscale. |
| Italians in the neighborhood would pick them up and | | | | Some of the celebrities of modern fame like to grab a |
| take them to the job site. Because they couldn't | | | | pizza at John's Pizzeria which is found on Bleecker |
| always afford the whole pie they just bought slices. It | | | | Street. Jack Black, Vanilla Ice and Regis Philbin have |
| closed for about 10 years after the grandson ran it for | | | | sent in their comments give the pizza some high |
| a while. He eventually opened the doors back up and it | | | | remarks. In keeping with the local pizza tradition, they |
| has been running every since. | | | | also have the wood fired ovens with the most fresh |
| Grimaldi's calls itself an institution. They have the coal | | | | ingredient. They have been open since 1929 and they |
| fired brick ovens as well which gives the unique | | | | only sell pizza by the whole pie with cash. No slices is |
| smokey flavor and crispy crunch in the crust. This is | | | | printed in bold along the outside awning. |